Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has now gone free-to-play, and with that change developers Valve and Hidden Path Entertainment have added a new battle royal game mode. The new mode is called Danger Zone and you can enter into a match with up to 18 other players, with the last one standing deemed the victor.

The Danger Zone battle royale mode starts off like other games in the genre, like Fortnite or PUBG, where you’re dropped into an .ever-shrinking map — CS:Go calls it the Blacksite — and need to hunt for guns and equipment. Drones also send down packages that can benefit your gameplay, similar to the supply drops of competing BR games. But in addition to fighting each other to the death, you can also take on missions and rescue hostages on your way around the map to earn a cash bonus when the game is over.

THE NEW UPDATE MIGHT ATTRACT PLAYERS TO RETURN TO THE GAME
Danger Zone matches each last about 10 minutes and you can participate by yourself or in teams of two or three. Each player also gets a bit more health, so they’re more able to tank attacks than they are in standard CS:GO matches, which is similar to how Call of Duty handles health in its BR mode Blackout in the recently released Black Ops 4.

CS:GO used to cost $15, so the new lack of a price tag might make the game appeal to people looking for a free-to-play first-person shooter to pick up. For players who already own the game, they’ll get a free upgrade to Prime Status, which is CS:GO’s premium tier that ordinarily costs an additional $15. (Prime Status players are also now able to earn a souvenir submachine gun to celebrate the launch.) While it’s unlikely that these new perks will knock Fortnite off its battle royale throne, they could entice quite a few lapsed CS:GO players to come back.

Lol I never thought I would look back at the way CS:GO was at launch in envy. I remember I bought it right when it came out being the CS fan that I was and was shocked at how unpolished the game was. The UI/UX of the main menu felt like it was designed for a controller, the way stats/ranks were implemented looked like an early 2k console game, etc. The bar is so low now that it makes that look like the good old days.

thier battle royal mode is pretty meh imo, only 16 players plus now they are giving the game away for free so all the hackers now can have unlimited accounts. yes there is "prime" version, however they say you are upgraded to prime for free if you reach rank 21 and add a phone number.

Lol I never thought I would look back at the way CS:GO was at launch in envy. I remember I bought it right when it came out being the CS fan that I was and was shocked at how unpolished the game was. The UI/UX of the main menu felt like it was designed for a controller, the way stats/ranks were implemented looked like an early 2k console game, etc. The bar is so low now that it makes that look like the good old days.

I think CS:GO was designed for the console too. The PC server files are setup way different than any previous multiplayer game i have setup before.
I'm still holding out hope the government will lay the smack down on Valve, for it's gambling loot crate system. Gabe Newell has no morals, when he sees nothing wrong with getting young kids addicted to gambling.

thier battle royal mode is pretty meh imo, only 16 players plus now they are giving the game away for free so all the hackers now can have unlimited accounts. yes there is "prime" version, however they say you are upgraded to prime for free if you reach rank 21 and add a phone number.

Well, the phone number is as much as deterrent as $10 is. You only have so many different ones at hand, and it'll probably cost you more to get another one.

I think CS:GO was designed for the console too. The PC server files are setup way different than any previous multiplayer game i have setup before.

It doesn't really get better than the standard browser/list system perfected when CS was a mod. They re-invented the wheel with some matchmaking system that took them a few years to perfect which still sucked when it was done, only then to ruin the spirit of the game with loot boxes/micro transaction.

It reminds me of the actions a desperate junkie would take. Game starts out as traditional one time cost model, goes over to micro transactions and then finally in a desperate bid to farm every last dollar they release the thing as free to play hopping to get a few hundred thousand more hits from the influx of new players all while the existing player base/game play suffers from the downsides of having a free to play game.

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now they are giving the game away for free so all the hackers now can have unlimited accounts.

There's that which is a problem that plagues all free games.

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yes there is "prime" version, however they say you are upgraded to prime for free if you reach rank 21 and add a phone number.

Lol shows the state of the industry right there, add a phone number, for real... What could that possibly be used for.

They might as well be using your MSN or ICQ# then because that does little in terms of deterrent/security especially if your goal is to somehow avoid repeat hackers/cheaters re-registering. You can basically buy as many phone numbers as you want today using various services.

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